þjór

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognate with Faroese tjórur, Danish tyr and Swedish tjur, and more distantly with Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) and Latin taurus. Doublet of tarfur, which was borrowed from Old Irish.

Noun

þjór m (genitive singular þjórs, nominative plural þjórar)

1. bull, ox

Declension

Declension of þjór (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þjór	þjórinn	þjórar	þjórarnir
accusative	þjór	þjórinn	þjóra	þjórana
dative	þjór	þjórnum	þjórum	þjórunum
genitive	þjórs	þjórsins	þjóra	þjóranna

Further reading

• “þjór” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)